Synopsis: Herbert doesn't have a home. He doesn't have any friends, and when the weather's bad life is pretty unpleasant. Except for the library -- it's always warm, and there are lots of good books to read. But you can't live at the library!Then, while reading one day, Herbert learns that witches love pets -- especially black cats! Now all Herbert has to do is find a witch . . .

Synopsis: What can you do with too many pumpkins?Rebecca Estelle has hated pumpkins ever since she was a girl when pumpkins were often the only food her family had. When an enormous pumpkin falls off a truck and smashes in her yard, she shovels dirt over the pieces and forgets about them. But those slimy pumpkin smithereens sprout up in autumn, and Rebecca Estelle finds a sea of pumpkins in her garden. A heartwarming classic for more than twenty years,…

Synopsis: With more than 3.2 million copies sold across all channels, READY, FREDDY! is a huge success with first-grade readers!It's Halloween time, and Freddy is already spooked -- something has been making strange noises in his family's attic! Can Freddy solve the mystery, or will he be too frightened to find out?

Synopsis: It's Halloween and the Know-Nothings want to celebrate. They want to trick-or-treat and bob for apples, but they don't know anyone named Bob and they don't know " any tricks!The four silly friends' adventures on Halloween night and their comic interpretations of the popular holiday make this book a perfect treat for beginning readers.

Synopsis: It’s time for a Halloween costume party with Zoey the chicken!When everyone is getting ready for the Halloween costume party, Pip’s mask goes missing. It’s up to Zoey the brave chicken and her sidekick Sam to go looking for the missing mask in the spooky barn.From the author-illustrator duo who brought you the hilarious picture books Chicken in Space and Chicken in School, as well as the I Can Reads Chicken in Mittens, Chicken on Vacation, and…

Synopsis: Perfect for fans of Big Nate, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and the previous Stick Dog books, Tom Watson’s hilarious series continues with Stick Dog Craves Candy—a fun Halloween adventure!Stick Dog and the gang are on their usual hunt for food, but there is something unusual going on. Little humans are dressed up as creepy witches and spooky ghosts, all carrying big orange buckets!Their search leads them to something unexpected and delicious and sweet—…

Synopsis: Illus. in full color. In an adaptation for beginning readers, a teeny tiny woman finds a teeny tiny bone on a teeny tiny grave and takes it home, only to be hounded by a teeny tiny ghost who wants his bone back!

Synopsis: Celebrate Christmas with the #1 New York Times bestselling Little Blue Truck in a light-up novelty book that's the perfect gift for the holiday season. It's the most wonderful time of the year! Little Blue Truck is spreading cheer by delivering Christmas trees to his animal friends. Can you help count each green tree from one to five and back again? Don't forget to save one for Blue! Beep! Beep! With the gentle rhythm and signature illustration…

Synopsis: Halloween fun with goofy, well-intentioned Marley the dog!This I Can Read stars Marley, the mischievous dog from the New York Times and international bestseller Marley & Me by John Grogan. Marley's family wants their giant pumpkin to win a prize at the fair. But on the big day, their silly dog sends the pumpkin on a wild ride instead!This Level Two I Can Read is geared toward kids who read on their own but still need a little help.

Synopsis: The early reader series from the dynamic duo of Newbery Honor author Cynthia Lord and New York Times bestselling illustrator Derek Anderson now features Hot Rod Hamster in his spookiest adventure yet!It's Halloween and Hot Rod Hamster is going to a party! But first, he must come up with a costume that's fun and spooky enough to win the contest. Can you help him?With the same bouncing rhythms, fun choice rhymes, and daredevil antics that made the…

Synopsis: "Freddy's friends can't wait to try the haunted hayride at the Halloween festival -- especially Freddy's new friend, Josh. The hayride is supposed to be really scary! But when Max bets Josh that Freddy will be too much of a fraidy-cat to join them, Freddy is determined to be brave ... no matter what!"--Page [4] of cover.

Synopsis: From talented author/illustrator Jerry Smath comes a rhyming story about a little girl who likes pumpkins!Some pumpkins are tall; some pumpkins are squat.Some pumpkins are big; some pumpkins are not.It's that time of year again! The Halloween season is all about yummy candy, ghosts and goblins, and of course, pumpkins. In Jerry Smath's latest Halloween 8x8 title, a little girl tells her favorite things about pumpkins--like pumpkin masks, pumpkin…

Synopsis: This bestselling counting book for beginning readers is filled with ghosts, a witch and spooky fun!It's Halloween, and ten timid ghosts in a haunted house have a problem: a mean witch has moved in and is planning to scare them out, one by one! Young trick-or-treaters learn to count down from ten to one as each ghost flees from the witch's silly costumes and homemade props. When the homeless ghosts gather in the woods, their fear turns to…

Synopsis: The very friendly ghost Pete meets in the attic of his family's new house is more than willing to join him for a night of trick-or-treating. And although Ghost is a terrible trick-or-treater, he turns out to be a terrific friend. "A surefire holiday choice for emerging readers."--"School Library Journal"

Synopsis: Make story time a little spookier with the #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time! Every visit to the magic tree house leads to a time-travel adventure! Jack and Annie are summoned once again to the fantasy realm of Camelot. There, Merlin the Magician tells them that the Stone of Destiny has been stolen. The answer to its disappearance lies within a haunted castle. With a young magician named Teddy, Jack and Annie take on the challenge…